Chelsea have made an honest begin to life beneath Liam Rosenior with three wins in his first 4 video games, the one defeat a Cup match in opposition to league-leaders Arsenal, however our general type stays on the disappointing finish, particularly within the Premier League, away from residence. It’s been nearly precisely two months since we tasted victory on the street, beating relegation-candidates Burnley.
A visit to Selhurst Park may be what the physician ordered then. Crystal Palace are in absolute disarray in the meanwhile, winless in ten — together with an historic loss in opposition to non-league (sixth tier!) Macclesfield City within the FA Cup — captain Marc Guéhi gone, leading-scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta presumably additionally leaving, and supervisor Oliver Glasner all however checked out as properly.
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Regardless of our latest relegation type (eight factors in 9 earlier than final week’s win over Brentford), we stay in competition for a top-five end. However we completely have to select up factors from these kinds of unglamorous video games if we need to keep there.
Date / Time: Sunday, January 25, 2026, 14.00 GMT; 9am EST; 7:30pm ISTVenue: Selhurst Park, LondonReferee: Darren England (on pitch); Tony Harrington (VAR)Forecast: rain showers
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Crystal Palace crew information: Guéhi could also be gone, however Glasner left no room for hypothesis by asserting within the press convention that Mateta will very a lot be in motion in opposition to us tomorrow, regardless of bids and rumors and switch drama. Glasner can even depend on two returning gamers, although it’s unclear to precisely what extent, with full again Dani Muñoz again from a knee harm and ahead Ismaïla Sarr again from successful the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal. Veteran backup defender Nathaniel Clyne can also be obtainable after lacking out the final couple weeks, however the likes of Eddie Nketiah, Cheick Doucouré, and Daichi Hamada stay out with varied accidents.
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Glasner has declared open warfare on higher administration for what he perceives as lack of help within the switch market, although Palace did signal a 24-year-old Brennan Johnson firstly of the month, for a club-record £35m. Whether or not that’s a clever solution to spent that a lot cash is debatable, particularly with Johnson scoring simply 4 instances for Spurs this season after a career-year (18 targets in all competitions) final season, however he’s but to attain in opposition to Chelsea in eight video games, so he is likely to be hoping {that a} change of surroundings will assist him in that regard as properly.
Chelsea crew information: The sickness that has swept by means of the squad the final couple weeks seems to be beneath management now, however accidents stay an issue, particularly with Dário Essugo struggling a setback in his restoration and now anticipated to be out for eventually one other month. He’s not performed all season. Roméo Lavia can also be out in fact (endlessly “on his manner again”), which can immediate Chelsea to dip into the switch marketplace for a midfielder on mortgage. Douglas Luiz has been talked about, however N’Golo Kanté could be lots cooler.
Rosenior expects to have Cole Palmer obtainable for this one after a knock (apparently not associated to his persistent groin points) induced him to overlook our Champions League match midweek, however backup goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen will miss out on account of some minor harm he picked up in that very same sport. Tosin Adarabioyo and Levi Colwill stay out as properly. Axel Disasi has been coaching with the first-team, partially to assist make up numbers, however he’s not anticipated to truly characteristic in any type of actual sport.
Beforehand: We’re unbeaten in 16 straight in opposition to Palace, however the final three, in opposition to Glasner’s groups, have been all attracts, together with the scoreless affair on opening day on the Bridge.